Programs
Programs
We offer in-person and online classes, online resources, and other opportunities to learn about woodland topics, connect with natural resources professionals, and become more active in stewarding your land.
Learn About Your Land
Explore key woodland topics, meet your your local DNR forester, and get ready to take the next steps in your woods.
Wisconsin Stewardship Plan Project
Connect with a forester and receive a forest stewardship plan at no cost to you.
Your Land, Your Legacy
Gain the tools to create a family succession plan for your woodland.
Forest Resilience
Make your woods resilient to the changing climate and other challenges.
Coverts Project
Attend a 3-day workshop about how you can enhance wildlife habitat in your woodland.
Maple Syrup
Produce maple syrup as a hobby, a cultural tradition, or a source of supplemental income.
Farms Branching Out
Adopt agroforestry practices like forest farming and silvopasture.
Our reach
Since mid-2019, more than
2,000
landowners and family members have attended our events,
representing a total of
100,000
acres of woodlands.
Our Facebook posts received
1 million
views in January–April 2026.
From 2022 to 2025, at least
127
people started tapping maple trees for the first time or grew their maple syrup operation with help from our programming.
Since 2024,
184
woodland owners have received free forest stewardship plans through the Wisconsin Stewardship Plan Project.
Since 1994,
1 million
acres of woodland have been impacted by the stewardship and outreach of Coverts Cooperators.
Page last updated May 2026.
Additional photo credits:
- Landowner and forester: Wisconsin DNR
- Man drilling into maple tree: Jeremy Solin